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Gleaming Restored 53 Duomatic
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Post# 244440   10/24/2007 at 20:41 (6,022 days old) by gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)        

I have finally finished the 1953 Bendix Duomatic that I got from John Lefever years ago. This machine needed a total redo.Its wiring had been tampered with, and of all things it had a 1/4hp motor in it. This motor was not intended to be used in this unit.Total strip,prime,auto paint.And a few pieces rechromed.New suspended assembly I learned during this restoration that this machine is one of the original design. This machines cabinet is 1" shorter in depth than those made after the serial number CCR-6725. I guess I never knew this. It seems that all the 53' Duomatics with the number CCR-6725 and before had green door handles, and those after had chrome handles. This is a very quiet machine. It work Great! I love these old Duomatics. I do not have any before pictures, but you can imagine what it looked like.
Take Care,
John





Post# 244442 , Reply# 1   10/24/2007 at 20:42 (6,022 days old) by gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)        
More Pictures of the 53

rest of the machine

Post# 244444 , Reply# 2   10/24/2007 at 20:43 (6,022 days old) by gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)        
More of the '53

More pictures

Post# 244445 , Reply# 3   10/24/2007 at 20:44 (6,022 days old) by gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)        
More of the 53

More pictures

Post# 244446 , Reply# 4   10/24/2007 at 20:46 (6,022 days old) by gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)        
Last picture of the 53

Underneath front panel..

Post# 244447 , Reply# 5   10/24/2007 at 20:49 (6,022 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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John,
This is a real awsome machine.
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter


Post# 244449 , Reply# 6   10/24/2007 at 20:57 (6,022 days old) by gregm ()        
wow ...

unbelievable, congrads, you put so much incredible effort and go beyond 100% ............

Post# 244450 , Reply# 7   10/24/2007 at 21:08 (6,022 days old) by decodriveboy (FL, US)        

Am speechless, you have done a beautiful job for an equally beautiful machine!

Post# 244452 , Reply# 8   10/24/2007 at 21:14 (6,022 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

How incredibly beautiful this machine is thanks to you. I can't wait till they put washing machines on stamps so we can lick them.

Post# 244453 , Reply# 9   10/24/2007 at 21:14 (6,022 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)        

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ABSOULUTLEY BEAUTIFUL!! i use to dream about these machines, they had them in the back of zipper wash intrucions from my grandmas sewing stuff. Love the door with the metal strip i thank greg (GANSKY) has one in his collection. Hi greg. How do you like it, and how do you like the cleaning of it? great job on restaration.. Darren k

Post# 244458 , Reply# 10   10/24/2007 at 21:18 (6,022 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Madam has the vapours!

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OMG that is gorgerous!
It's not LIKE-NEW it IS new!


Post# 244460 , Reply# 11   10/24/2007 at 21:26 (6,022 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Beautiful machine! Now THATS what I call a restoration!
Congratulations on a job well done, and thank you for sharing the photos.


Post# 244473 , Reply# 12   10/24/2007 at 22:06 (6,022 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

John, the machine is just beautiful! Like all of your restorations, they look better than factory new! So good to hear from you and thanks for sharing the photos. Congratulations on another fabulous classic F/L.
Regards to Chris.
Best wishes!
-Steve


Post# 244484 , Reply# 13   10/24/2007 at 23:51 (6,022 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin)        

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A stunning restoration. Congrats on a job well done.

Post# 244487 , Reply# 14   10/25/2007 at 00:08 (6,022 days old) by supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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Just gorgeous...with all the gold stars this is definitely the Lincoln Premiere of washing machines!



Post# 244488 , Reply# 15   10/25/2007 at 00:29 (6,022 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Beautiful work, John - as always! Thanks for sharing the pics with us, it's always good to hear from you.

My CCR is serial number 63275 and it still has the green door handle like yours, isn't that strange? It's interesting to hear some of changes in this design, there were many between 53 and 55.


Post# 244492 , Reply# 16   10/25/2007 at 00:51 (6,022 days old) by dj-gabriele ()        

Wow!! Congratulation! That's a new machine you restored! Better than new maybe! You've done a great job, I wish you a beautiful time using your new duomatic!

Post# 244524 , Reply# 17   10/25/2007 at 05:52 (6,022 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        
Gyromatic dear,

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When may I come with my appliance dolly and pick up this machine? Remember, I only live 4hrs. away from you, so be on your guard, just kidding. Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Post# 244534 , Reply# 18   10/25/2007 at 07:12 (6,021 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Looks fantastic, it has all the elements of fun, extra chrome, a window, lights and last but not least, starburst motifs

Post# 244541 , Reply# 19   10/25/2007 at 08:37 (6,021 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

It really is a fabulous job. Great to see all that hard work pay off. Hope it gives you many years of service.

Post# 244547 , Reply# 20   10/25/2007 at 09:11 (6,021 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Fantastic work, John! May you have many years of washing and drying pleasure with this beautiful restoration!

Post# 244548 , Reply# 21   10/25/2007 at 09:12 (6,021 days old) by mielabor ()        

You did a marvellous job. Even the interior looks factory new. I am a big fan of machines that have the controls symmetrically arranged.

Post# 244551 , Reply# 22   10/25/2007 at 09:20 (6,021 days old) by vivalalavatrice ()        
WONDERFUL MACHINE!!!

Great! Compliments indeed for having restored a such wondeful machine! If I remember right Bendix came out first with Duomatic doing washer/dryer...none did this before!
Have the best washing hours with this machine!
If only there were the right culture of what mean to put dirty clothes in the drum and take them out after a completely wash and dry cycle...just to fold them and brign back to you wardrobe...OMG! What a wonderful world! :-DD

Thanks for sharing these pics, I either had just finished my dream's machine quick restoration...but I had lot less to do than you did!!!

Diomede


Post# 244553 , Reply# 23   10/25/2007 at 09:22 (6,021 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Afermim!

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Just gorgeous! Reminds me of a classic Ford restoration.

Post# 244571 , Reply# 24   10/25/2007 at 11:27 (6,021 days old) by spiceman1957 ()        
What a Treasure!!

You did a beautiful job with this machine. I especially loved the glass window on the front. I reminds me of a steering wheel on a 50s car. I think what impresses me about these washers and dryers is the design and workmanship. They really put a lot of effort on those machines.

Post# 244572 , Reply# 25   10/25/2007 at 11:51 (6,021 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
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Hi John, brilliant restoration, and perfect detailing, cant imagine it was easy shifting this beast around, BUT , was certainly worth it!!!

Is that a new pump assembly?? what did you use for the filter housing gaskets??

Enjoy, Mike


Post# 244613 , Reply# 26   10/25/2007 at 16:38 (6,021 days old) by aussie-plugs (Melbourne, Australia)        
It looks fantastic ...

... but how does it work?

I've been curious about these machines for some time. Did they circulate and exhaust hot air for the drying cycyle, like a conventinal dryer? Did they use some form of condensing?

I've heard that modern combination machines use water as part of the condensing mechanism. This seems wasteful as water is getting more and more scarce, particularly here in Oz. How do they work?


Post# 244754 , Reply# 27   10/26/2007 at 13:38 (6,020 days old) by sheerlookhomes (U.K.)        

Such a brilliant restoration of a beautiful machine..WELL DONE!!...thanks for the pics, and..enjoy!

Post# 244767 , Reply# 28   10/26/2007 at 15:44 (6,020 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Duomatic Audio

The descriptions are wonderful! Would be interested in an audio/video demo to collect.--Laundry Shark

Post# 244842 , Reply# 29   10/27/2007 at 12:05 (6,019 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Oh Bendix heaven

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As always a superb job John.

I love looking under the skirts of your machines. Always factory fresh!

Enjoy, my 55 has the best heater to date in any of my Combos. Water gets REAL hot in 9 minutes!


Post# 244929 , Reply# 30   10/28/2007 at 06:21 (6,019 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Wonderful restoration, absolutely wonderful! Hats off! I love the steering wheel door. I love the look under the machine too. They don't come that clean from the factory! Enjoy that Bendix for many years in good health.

Louis


Post# 244963 , Reply# 31   10/28/2007 at 11:37 (6,018 days old) by drmitch ()        

Its a Masterpiece! :)

Post# 244971 , Reply# 32   10/28/2007 at 13:15 (6,018 days old) by washendry (pinconning,mich)        
BEAUTIFUL BENDIX

John,

That machine looks Wonderful, Wish I had one to go with the
'57 Duomatic
Kim


Post# 245343 , Reply# 33   10/30/2007 at 20:07 (6,016 days old) by bundtboy ()        
tamperer

that would be me.

I did all that tampering prolly 20 years ago long before I knew better. Anyway - it ran and held water, didn't it~! Sorry 'bout the 1/4 horse motor windings, but that's all I had on hand at the time, and it did work ('cept for going into spin - sometimes).

I'm the fella that woke it up out of it's original coma at that time. You could only imagine what it looked like before THAT~. It was outright rusty - openly - even on the front.

Glad you got it and did your thing with it, though, Jon.
It looks great.

I did this banner photo about 10 years ago, and I had the machine a long time before that.

All of these machines are now in the hands of other collectors - and the cycle continues to advance.

HOlla from Hollywood

bob


Post# 245402 , Reply# 34   10/31/2007 at 08:36 (6,015 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
YAY for being done!

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Wonderful restoration as usual John! I know you've wanted to get that machine up and restored for a while.


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